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Red Shale Butte

Red Shale Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Red Shale Butte rises to 2,381 m in California. Lyons Peak stands 2,398 m to the east, 0.8 miles off.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49067986, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2381 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.57960, -121.52360

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Natural arches: 14
  • Heppe Bridge: 8.3 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 8.5 mi
  • Ovis Bridge: 8.5 mi
  • Brushy Bridge: 8.9 mi
  • Venetian Bridge: 8.9 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Hidden Valley: 7.8 mi
  • Garden Bridges: 8.9 mi
  • Freudian System Cave: 10.2 mi
  • Fleener Chimneys: 12.6 mi
  • Black Crater: 12.9 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Gillem Bluff: 14.5 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 15.1 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 15.8 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 16.4 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 17.3 mi
Historic sites: 6
  • Canby's Cross: 22.2 mi
  • Captain Jack's Stronghold: 22.2 mi
  • Captain Jack's Stronghold: 22.3 mi
  • Canby's Cross: 22.3 mi
  • 1873 Two Warm Springs Indians: 22.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Doorknob Snowmobile park: 6.7 mi
Parks: 1
  • Long Bell State Game Refuge 1N: 12.0 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Springs: 1
  • Deer Spring: 21.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Red Shale Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakE 93°2,398 m0.8 mi
Mount HoffmanNW 323°2,397 m2.7 mi
Glass MountainNNE 33°2,316 m1.8 mi
Medicine MountainWSW 257°2,295 m4.7 mi
Badger PeakWNW 283°2,236 m5.6 mi
Little Mount HoffmanW 270°2,197 m7.0 mi
Red Cap MountainWSW 258°2,147 m11.8 mi
Grouse HillWNW 293°2,142 m6.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:18
June solstice05:3320:0220:44
September equinox06:5418:2819:05
December solstice07:3015:5516:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333540445260696862513932
Precip in1.62.11.91.31.41.00.40.30.40.81.51.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lava Beds NAT MON, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358807176

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